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By JOY ADARA, Abuja - The Nigerian Hypertension Society has tasked the general public on the need for regular medical check-up as part of measures to reduce the risk of complications from hypertension. This is contained in a statement issued in Ilorin on Tuesday and co-signed by the society’s President, Prof. Ayodele Omotoso, and the
By JOY ADARA, Abuja - Mr. Nyesom Wike, Governor of Rivers state, has emerged the best Governor in Nigeria in a national survey conducted by a Lagos- based national magazine, The Top10. The leading Nigerian monthly magazine known for celebrating excellence in various fields of endeavour had, sometime last month, initiated a contest titled “The
By JOY ADARA, Abuja - The United States Government has taken steps to impose visa restrictions on specific individuals in Nigeria for undermining the democratic process during the just concluded 2023 general elections. The US Secretary of State, Anthony Blinken, who stated this in a statement on Monday. Mr. Blinken, however, did not mention any
By JOY ADARA, Abuja - Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP), has urged the World Bank President, Mr David Malpass, to use his “good offices to suspend any disbursement of the $800m loan to the Federal Government and to request the incoming administration to provide satisfactory explanations for the loan.” SERAP urges Mr Malpass and
By JOY ADARA, Abuja - Two businessmen arrested by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, NAIA, Abuja for cocaine ingestion have both excreted 193 pellets of the illicit drug after three days in observatory custody. The NDLEA spokesman, Mr Femi Babafemi, disclosed this in a statement